Came to think that I haven't told my story yet.
Sit back, relax, enjoy the... fright?
NOTE: My whole life hasn't been LBT only. I've had and have tones of other hobbies/interessts. Just so that you know before reading.
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Where to begin?
My absolute first encounter with The Land Before Time was in June 1998, at Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea where we used to spend some weeks during the summer holidays. I don't know the exact date. But hey, I was close! :^.^:
Anyway, me and my little sister, I was 7, made some friends there, a boy and a girl, same ages as both me and my sis.
They lived not to far from our cottage, so we became good friends.
Now, one day when we was playing in their garden, the girl came running out of their house and said to us that Littlefoot was on TV.
Once we got inside and placed us infront of the TV, we could see that it was a cartoon dinosaur movie of some sort.
That was, The Land Before Time V - The Mysterious Island. (1997) Yeah, that was the very first movie I saw.
We saw it, and I belive we enjoyed it alot. I did most of us, as I was dinosaur fanatic.
But, it was still just another movie in a long series of kid movies.
So, that was the first encounter with LBT, no big deal.
Moving forward, 1999.
At this time, I belive I was 8 years old.
One day at school, they showed LBT movies from time to time.
Why? I guess because we had "play breaks", and that some kid had the movies and decided to take it to school.
And saw them we did: LBT III, LBT IV and LBT V again.
Ofcourse, it was good kid's movies. So naturaly, everyone enjoyed them.
Still, no biggie.
But to me it was.
I really, really liked it. I mean, I loved it!
Why I didn't nag my parents to buy me the movies... I have no idea.
Maybe because I had other interessts aswell. Such as playing James Bond with finger pistols!
Ok, time for a break.
No further encounter with LBT untill 2000 - 2002. Here, I don't know the exact year.
But I know that we went to some friends to lend some movies.
Along with titles that I don't remember, we lended two LBT movies.
LBT I and II.
Of all those movies we had lend, those were the ones I watched the most.
My sis watched it to, but she was more interessted in another Bluth Movie acctually: Anastasia.
But for me, Littlefoot and the gang was everything!
I remember one particular event:
My sister and I, plus two friends were suppose to stay home alone because mum and dad were invited to some adult party.
We were bored and asked what we should do?
My mum said, watch a movie or something. You have "Littleman" to watch.
I stepped in and said: "No mum, that's Littlefoot!" :^.^:
So we watch them that evening. (I and II)
But as for everything that you lend, you're supposed to give it back once in a while, right?
By that time, I guess I was dissapointed, but it was no biggie either. I don't know why. But I think that it was during this period that my real lobe for LBT started for real.
Now for the longest break.
No LBT for years!
Ofcourse, I saw pictures in town, new releases etc. I also saw it in some of my friend's homes. But I didn't mind.
Untill, I think it was 2005. Yes it must have been, because LBT XI was out.
I really can't remember where it exactly started.
But I thought more and more about LBT for some reason.
I got more and more back to it.
So I went onto the net and did some searching.
LBT XI out? Eleven!? Already?
I started to watch clips on Youtube and saved pictures on my PC.
The more I got, the more I wanted.
But... And this is where I'll tell the dark parts of my story. Listen closely, it's not often I speak about it.
You know kids? They can be pretty mean.
I had some years in school that was a real nightmare.
I was being bullied, treated bad by girls, acused for things I wasn't.
This really torned me down...
I became more and more shy infront of other kids.
But started to evolve a bigger interessts for adults.
I've always had easy to speak with adults, and eversince daycare, I've shown more independence, more adult behaviour than any of my classmates/friends.
The backside of it? Didn't make much friends... And the only way of getting some atention, was to play a fool... I tell you, most of my childhood... I want to forget it. Badly. It haunts me...
So, with this, you can guess that I was very shy to tell anyone about my liking for LBT...
I belive that I was sure to be bullied again, for the reason of LBT would be considered childish when you're 13, 14.
So I kept it a secret. No one knew. Not even my own family. The ones that I should trust above anyone else!
That pain... A pure torture...
But, I did not give up LBT.
Everytime I saw anything related to it, or heard someone mention it, my heart made a jump!
So it continued with the Youtube clips etc.
But one day, I was with two friends in town. I was 15.
We went to Movieline. A place where they told me that one could find and buy any movie.
At Movieline, I discovered that they had the LBT movies in stock.
Took some huuuuuge deep breaths and meditating phrases before I took the courage to walk into the kid section, grabbed LBT I, before quick as a fox blend it together with "Eagles Nest", "Shrek 2", Pink Panther" and "Blazing Saddles"!
Payed.
Outside, my friends demanded to see what I'd bought.
Ofcourse, they saw the LBT DVD.
I said it was for my sister. (I hate and regret that I did!).
They payed no mind. One of them said like: "Oh that one. I saw it as a kid."
When I got home, I waited until 14. 14:00 middle of night!! Before I got up and watched LBT I.
And that night, I was forever caught. Heat of the moment! Yes, I did all the usual LBT fan stuff, such as cry when Littlefoots mother died, and at the end credits with Diana Ross's "If we hold on togheter".
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:^.^:
I kept the DVD far in the back of my bookshelf. I feel so weak and pathetic when I think about it...
Moving on.
Still, no one knew about my passion. My sis knew that I had the first DVD, but payed it no mind.
Now, something, like a milstolpe, occured.
I found the GoF!
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At the 28th of March 2008.
And you all know that story by now.
And thank god for that. I don't have to tell you how much I love this place, so lets move on.
With GoF, my self encouragement raised.
I went and bought LBT II and III.
First time I had watched LBT II since those days in 1 grade.
I meet all these lovely people here! :^.^:
Trough that, I grew even more.
I decided to buy two LBT DVD's per month.
Soon I had LBT IV and LBT V in my collection.
Loved it. Some of the best months of my life this spring!
I think the next event (and the most recent) is when I meet Nimrod (Patrick).
He was the first one that I told this whole story for aswell.
When he was here, I also bought the rest of the LBT DVD's.
To be sure, as by that time, I feared they were about to go out of stock, as the LBT office had closed.
Patrick told me his story aswell, and listended to me.
And for the first time in my life...
I got to watch the LBT movies with a friend. A friend that loves LBT aswell...
I really grew...
Patrick left after a week, and yes, I cried.
But that week, is one the top three of the best weeks in my life.
End of story!
Here I stand now, writing this extremly long post. Sorry!
By now, my closest friends knows about my passion and love about LBT.
One of them, proved that he was a real friend when I told him. As we sat down and discussed it a whole night. Not about LBT (he doesn't exactly like it) but about why I liked it, and why it meant so much to me. He also had equal expericences with the anim'e Naruto. He accepeted me for who I am. A real friend, and I feel sorry that I was nervous to tell him...
By now, my room's crowded with LBT stuff. I've made most of it myself though!
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I've made my own fanvids, RPG, and have fanfiction ideas.
My family knows about it, so does my sis and my cousin.
Some other friends do aswell.
I still avoid to watch or talk about LBT in public. But I think that I really don't have to. And when I bring the laptop to school, it doesn't have an LBT desktop.
Well, this is my story.
I can't thank the people who've helped me trough this enough.
That is, the whole GoF.
But some have played a bigger part than others.
These people know who they are. And I'm not favorizing anyone.
But I take the chance to thank Patrick here.
Thank you for everything. I can't thank you enough.
And I really long for Silvretta in January! :^.^: